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A History of the County of Gloucester
… was then already under way. By 1850 the appearance of the main streets was dominated by brick and stucco fronts … were visible, and among those to have disappeared was that of the New Inn in Northgate Street. 2 Prominent new buildings … Bank in Westgate Street, at the corner of College Court, both built in the late 1830s in classical style. 3 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… BRIDGES, GATES, AND WALLS BRIDGES. 1 The main road out of Gloucester towards the west was carried across three branches of the river Severn and low-lying meadow by a series of bridges and a long causeway. The bridges and causeway …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… given in another volume, 2 had all passed into the control of the corporation by the end of the 16th century, and were … lease to a Gloucester mercer, 124 and following a Chancery suit brought by the corporation it was conveyed in 1633 to a … lapsed on expiry of the lease. Giles Cox, of Abloads Court, Sandhurst, by will dated 1620 gave 100 for loans to …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… established by the late 11th century, little is known of their origins. Archaeological evidence shows that there was a pre-Conquest church on the site of St. Mary de Lode. It was closely connected to Gloucester … and the abbey was settled in 1302 when the archbishop's court declared it to be a vicarage. 384 In 1388 the abbey was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Gloucester Education EDUCATION The history of the Gloucester grammar schools before 1882, including the … 1540, and the College school run by the dean and chapter of Gloucester from the 1540s, will be found in another … its leading promoter was Thomas Gambier Parry, of Highnam Court, 320 who remained its chairman until his death in 1888. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 19th century the county and city joined in the building of a lunatic asylum at Wotton and later the county built a … diseases hospitals and in 1930 took over the infirmary of the Gloucester poor-law union, later built a maternity … Before that a voluntary body had been the main provider of midwifery services in Gloucester. Anglican orders of nuns …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and fair trade and the role it played in the economy of the city are discussed in the general chapters on the city's history. This section gives an account of the institutional history of the markets and fairs and of … in any of the town charters or other grants, though in a suit concluded in 1590 the grant of the liberties of London …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Modern parish churches MODERN PARISH CHURCHES. The growth of Gloucester in the 19th and 20th centuries was followed by the provision of churches for the new suburbs. The first, Christ Church, … 1837 handed the project over to Samuel Lysons of Hempsted Court. Lysons, who built and endowed the church at his own …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… HAMLETS Outside Gloucester but included in the parishes of some of its churches lay the hamlets of Barton Street, Kingsholm, … a man surnamed of the plock was recorded, 144 and Plock Court, east of the road, occupied the site of a medieval …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… groups met with opposition but a report in 1659 of a plan to massacre Independents, Baptists, and other … mayor as a calumny. 4 After the Restoration the tradition of nonconformity was maintained principally by James Forbes … release Forbes held services outside the city at Elmbridge Court until the owner William Craven, earl of Craven, …